VAT Return changes

Businesses must notify the tax authorities immediately of any changes to prior returns due to errors or for any other reason. Click here to read about the rules on VAT returns within the European Union.

Automatic loss of VAT registrations

If there is no activity for more than two years on a VAT registration, which means Nil return filings, the VAT number will be closed by the tax office.

VAT triangulation rule changes

If one of the parties in a Dutch VAT triangulation transaction is resident for tax purposes in the Netherlands, then it must make a separate intra-community filing. This is at odds with the VAT Directive, which frees the middle party in any simplified triangulation transaction from such an obligation. The Dutch tax code will therefore be changed.

VP Global Indirect Tax

Richard Asquith

VP Global Indirect TaxRichard Asquith

Richard Asquith is VP Global Indirect Tax at Avalara, helping businesses understand their compliance obligations as they grow globally. He is part of the European leadership team which this year won International Tax Review's Tax Technology Firm of the Year. Richard qualified as an accountant with KPMG in the UK, and went on to work in Hungary, Russia and France with EY.